Wheel block



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- WHEEL BLOCK Filed Dec. 26, 1947 ri ly/ 1117 I I INVENTORS A. M. WISWELL BY M. o. REfl/ A TTORNEY proper positions.

Patented Sept. 12, 1950 4 WHEEL BLOCK Arthur M.

Wiswell and Merlyn 0. Beam,

Roseburg, Oreg.

Application December 26, 1947, Serial No. 793,998

(or. 1ss s2 2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to automobiles and particularly to a wheel block for use therewith. i

The main object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive and efiicient form of wheel block whereby a car may be held against movement in either direction. e p

The second object is to provide a wheel block which would prevent the dropping of an axle when being jacked up as is often the case when a car moves along the ground while one wheel is raised.

The third object is to provide a form of jack which will fit any ordinary wheel without any adjustment other than to turn the blocks to the We accomplish theseand other objects in a manner set forth in the following specification as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device showing it in position under a wheel. 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device'in the contracted position shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the device in an extended position.

Like numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

The device consists of the wheel blocks i2 and I3 which are triangular in cross section and large enough to effectively block the wheel l in either direction. The blocks l2 and I3 have extending through same the bolts l4 and I5 disposed on 2 first moved to the extended postion shown in Fig. 3 and a position of the blocks l2 and 53 selected which will bring. them almost into engagement with the wheel ID.

The lever I9 is then moved to the position shown in Fig.2 which brings the blocks l2 and I3 into close engagement with the wheel I0.

One end of the bar [7 rests upon the roadway I at all times in order to hold the rivet l8 above the rivet 20 while the free end of the lever l9 rests on the roadway I I. Thus the device can be inverted or placed end for end without detracting from its utility.

We claim: I

1. A wheel block having in combination a pair of blocks of triangular cross section, said blocks having attached to the ends thereof 'a pair of bars,

a handle having one end attached to one end of one bar and, an intermediate part attached to the end of the opposite bar and a crossbar attached to one of said pair of bars serving to hold same above the other bar.

2. In a wheel block the combination of a pair of elongated blocks each having three ground engaging sides and parallel ends, an elongated bar hinged to one block and having a cross bar attached to its free end adapted to hold the end of the elongated bar above the roadway, a lever hinged to said cross bar, a second elongated bar hinged to said handle and to the second block.

, ARTHUR M. WISWELL.

MERLYN O'. BEAM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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